Tag Archives: coalition

Coalition: Lengthening The Spoon

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

I’ve noticed a rather worrying trend at the moment for Liberal Democrats to treat the Tories as our friends, since we went into coalition with them. People praising Cameron’s performance at Prime Minister’s Questions and so on. Some are even … Continue reading →

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If What The Guardian Says Is True…

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/11/general-election-2010-live-blog Then it looks like the new coalition government will essentially be adopting the Lib Dem manifesto in almost its entirety. I don’t like the Tory welfare ‘reforms’ one bit, and will campaign against them. Likewise I think immigration caps … Continue reading →

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So Farewell, Then, Labour…

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

For those three people who don’t yet know, the Labour party refused to make any concessions to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. As a result, the Lib Dems were left with the choices of either a Conservative minority … Continue reading →

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And a message to Lib Dem supporters

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

Lib Dem Voice got slashdotted by Graham Linehan earlier today, so many won’t have seen this: On Saturday afternoon the party’s Federal Executive is meeting to discuss how the party should handle the Parliamentary situation. There’s no pre-set, universally supported … Continue reading →

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Linkblogging For 26/04/10

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

Again, apologies to my foreign readers for so much of the current content being political. It’s only going to last until Thursday of next week, when the election happens, though. I promise to spend the whole next four years after … Continue reading →

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